Azerbaijani journalist Mahir Zeynalov, who works for the Turkish Today’s Zaman newspaper, has left Turkey after a government decision to deport him, Hürriyet Daily News reports.
Zeynalov decided to return to Azerbaijan due to his family’s concerns, but plans to relocate to a third country after returning home, Today's Zaman is quoted as saying.
The newspaper claimed that the decision for Zeynalov’s deportation resulted from an application by the Prime Ministry’s Coordination Center (BİMER), following comments on his Twitter account that were critical of the Turkish government and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
